Power has been restored to thousands of Hydro One customers in Norfolk County, as indicated by the company's online outage map.
A power outage that started at approximately 9:40 a.m. on Friday affected over 26,000 Hydro One customers in the area.
According to Hydro One, the outage was caused by an equipment failure. The company's crews worked to make repairs and restored power in stages.
Some residents reported that power was restored as early as 4:30 a.m., while others had theirs back on Friday night. Initially, Hydro One estimated that power would be restored by 8 a.m.
By Saturday morning, the outage map showed that all areas in Norfolk had their power restored.
No specific details about the outage were provided by Hydro One, other than it being caused by equipment failure.
Author's summary: Power restored to thousands in Norfolk County after equipment failure.